Charley Harper

There is more than meets the eye in a Charley Harper Serigraph. In his artwork,
the first look may reveal an animal, bird, tree, some color...but then the unique
linear patterns and shapes grab you with a special Harper message of some
little drama in life taking place right before you.
Charles Harper is probably the only wildlife artist in America who has never
been compared to Audubon. And never will be. For his is wildlife art without
the fuss and feathers - minimal realism, he calls it. "I don't try to put
everything in; I try to leave everything out," he explains, adding impishly,
"I never count the feathers in the wings; I just count the wings."
Reared on a West Virginia farm he spent most of his life residing in Cincinnati.
Charley sadly passed away in 2007. His artwork, his humor and his kind heart
will be sorely missed by all whom he has met and touched. Charley Harper
had made three personal appearances at The Frame Workshop.

E-mail or call if you would like us to secure a serigraph not shown
in our inventory.

Unless otherwise indicated ALL Charley Harper artwork on these pages is SIGNED by the artist and displayed in Alphabetical order!

Can you think of a better name for
insects that walk on water? Our ancestors
couldn't either, but your field guide calls
them water striders. They hike around on
the pond all their lives without even
getting wet feet, and in shallow water on a
sunny day their shadows sink like stones
and
tag along on the bottom. But who minds a
wet shadow? If you had wide-spread, waxy
feet that didn't break the surface film,
you, too, could walk on water. And be
famous for fifteen minutes.
The popularity of "Jesus Bugs - Water
Striders" issued in 1969 has encouraged
Charley Harper to release a sister
serigraph image in 2006. (The original
Water Strider image retails for $1,200 -
1,600 on the secondary market.)
Serigraph - 26-1/8 x 34 inches
Image Size - 22-1/8 x 30 inches
Limited Edition of 1000
Serigraph by Charles Harper
Estate Signed with Certificate of
Authenticity, signed by Brett Harper
Published by
Charley and Edie Harper Art Studio
Issued August 2006
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CH-SD-06
Shadow DancersCharley Harper Serigraph

Can you think of a better name for
insects that walk on water? Our ancestors
couldn't either, but your field guide calls
them water striders. They hike around on
the pond all their lives without even
getting wet feet, and in shallow water on a
sunny day their shadows sink like stones
and
tag along on the bottom. But who minds a
wet shadow? If you had wide-spread, waxy
feet that didn't break the surface film,
you, too, could walk on water. And be
famous for fifteen minutes.
The popularity of "Jesus Bugs - Water
Striders" issued in 1969 has encouraged
Charley Harper to release a sister
serigraph image in 2006. (The original
Water Strider image retails for $1,200 -
1,600 on the secondary market.)
Serigraph - 26-1/8 x 34 inches
Image Size - 22-1/8 x 30 inches
Limited Edition of 1000
Serigraph by Charles Harper
Estate Signed with Certificate of
Authenticity, signed by Brett Harper
Published by
Charley and Edie Harper Art Studio
Issued August 2006
$300 + $20 O/S Shipping Surcharge
Shipped Flat!

$320.00

CH-DVD
The Art of Charley HarperRetrospective DVD

Released in 2005, "The Art of Charley
Harper - A Retrospective View"
chronicles Charley's life's works from his
childhood, as a soldier stationed in Europe,
through his art school years to today.
Visit Charlie in his Cincinnati design
studio as he showns his illustrations that
were created for Procter & Gamble, Ivory,
Morton Salt through his Ford Times covers
which began in the 1940's.
It was the creation of serigraph prints of
birds and animal illustrations from the
"Ford Times" that took Charley to create
illustrations for the National Park Service
and eventually to be published in the 1970's
by Frame House Gallery.
Charley shares with us what prompted many of
his beloved paintings and you'll gain
insight into the mind of this creative
genius.
Run time: 1 hour, 12 minutes
2005 Release

$29.95

CH-AC-90
Arctic CircleCharley Harper Serigraph

It's the Survival Bowl - the Arctic Musk
Oxen vs. the Arctic Wolves - and both teams
are ready to go out there and do what they
have to do.
The oxen dudes take the field in their muu-
muus and anklets, circle 'round their
rookies and woe to the foe that rushes
their defensive line. "C'mon, wolf pack!
Make yer play! Youse bums rush like
glaciers! We'll oxidize youse guys! We'll
bury ya in the permafrost, we'll stomp ya
unda th' tundra!" How'd it end up? Sudden
death in overtime.
Serigraph - 21 x 21 inches
Image Size - 17 x 17 inches
Limited Edition of 500
Published by Frame House Gallery
Released 1990 - Artwork valued at $175.00
Custom Framed with metal frame, Triple
Archival White Rag matting, Conservation
glass ($350.00): Nielsen profile 24 -
Brushed Satin Champagne, Triple White
Rising Rag mats - 3-7/8 Inches and Tru-
Vue Conservation Clear glass.
We currently only have this serigraph
available as framed!

$175.00

CH-BR-88
Big Rac AttackCharley Harper Serigraph

Better be on the lookout when you cook
out. Let that burger aroma roam around the
neighborhood and you're inviting a Big Rac
Attack. And can you blame them? Raccoons
eat out all the time and - well, wouldn't
you welcome a nice home-cooked meal now and
then?
But did you buy enough burger to feed this
raccpack? What happens when you're down to
the last patty? Serve the dog food. The
cat food. Table scraps. Then let nature
take it's course - survival of the fattest.
Serigraph - 17 x 27 inches
Image Size - 13-1/4 x 22-1/2 inches
Limited Edition of 1000
Published by Frame House Gallery,
Released July 1988

$240.00

CH-BJ-84
Blackberry JamCharley Harper Serigraph

Bears and berries, bears and berries -
go together like a horse and carriage,
invite word play and lure the addicted
punster down the primrose path. It gets
very beary in the blackberry patch when
black bears browse the briary branches bare
of - HOLD IT! I'm trying to stop. I'm out
of denial into recovery. I like bears as
much as anybody - Teddy, Smoky, Pooh, all
that crew, but...let's try it again, with
class. This time, all bare bones, bear
essentials only, and PLEASE - forbearance.
Serigraph - 20 x 23 inches
Image Size - 16 x 19 inches
Limited Edition of 1000
Published by Frame House Gallery,
Released 1984